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CHAPTER 18
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Wednesday, June 18
Salander awoke with a start from a dreamless slumber1. She felt faintly sick. She did not have to turn her head to know that Mimmi had left already for work, but her scent2 still lingered in the stuffy3 air of the bedroom. Salander had drunk too many beers the night before with the Evil Fingers at the Mill. Mimmi had turned up not long before closing time and come home with her and into bed.
Salander—unlike Mimmi—had never thought of herself as a lesbian. She had never brooded over whether she was straight, gay, or even bisexual. She did not give a damn about labels, did not see that it was anyone else’s business whom she spent her nights with. If she had to choose, she preferred guys—and they were in the lead, statistically4 speaking. The only problem was finding a guy who was not a jerk and one who was also good in bed; Mimmi was a sweet compromise, and she turned Salander on. They had met in a beer tent at the Pride Festival a year ago, and Mimmi was the only person that Salander had introduced to the Evil Fingers. But it was still just a casual affair for both of them. It was nice lying close to Mimmi’s warm, soft body, and Salander did not mind waking up with her and their having breakfast together.
Her clock said it was 9:30, and she was wondering what could have woken her when the doorbell rang again. She sat up in surprise. No-one had ever rung her doorbell at this hour. Very few people rang her doorbell at all. She wrapped a sheet around her and walked unsteadily to the hall to open the door. She stared straight into the eyes of Mikael Blomkvist, felt panic race through her body, and took a step back.
“Good morning, Fr?ken5 Salander,” he greeted her cheerfully. “It was a late night, I see. Can I come in?”
Without waiting for an answer, he walked in, closing the door behind him. He regarded with curiosity the pile of clothes on the hall floor and the rampart of bags filled with newspapers; then he peered through the bedroom door while Salander’s world started spinning in the wrong direction. How? What? Who? Blomkvist looked at her bewilderment with amusement.
“I assumed that you would not have had breakfast yet, so I brought some filled bagels with me. I got one with roast beef, one with turkey and Dijon mustard, and one
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scent
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stuffy
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vegetarian
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rinsing
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jug
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paralysis
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tumult
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slung
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investigation
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investigations
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crooked
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sipped
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decided
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malicious
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bastard
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poking
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pointed
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ethics
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confidential
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legitimate
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vampires
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massaging
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confidentiality
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grotesque
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touching
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loathing
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doorway
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folder
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millennium
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intern
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advertising
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landslide
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deserted
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coverage
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jaded
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consultant
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subscription
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joint
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morale
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affected
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binder
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screwdriver
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binders
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gathering
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paranoia
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chaotic
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tattoos
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hacking
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hacker
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trespassing
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| [法]非法入侵 | |
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banking
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forger
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bastards
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| 私生子( bastard的名词复数 ); 坏蛋; 讨厌的事物; 麻烦事 (认为别人走运或不幸时说)家伙 | |
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creased
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